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S. E. WILMOT. 'FLANGED CAP FOR OILERS.

No. 540,083. Patented May 28, 1895 INVENTOR citizen of the UnitedStates,` residing UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.-

SAMUEL R. WILMOT, OF BRIDGEPORT, CONNECTICUT, ASSIGNOR TO THE WILMOT &HOBBS MANUFACTURING COMPANY, OF SAME PLACEu FLANGED CAP FO'R OILERS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 540,083, dated May 28,1895.

Application filed October 15, 1894. Serial No. !325,875. (No model.)

.To a-ll whom it may camera.- p

Be it known that I, SAMUEL R. WILMOT, a at Bridgeport, in the county ofFairfield and State of Connecticut, have invented certain new and usefulImprovements in Flanged Caps for Oilers; and I do hereby declare thefollowing to be a full, clear, and exact description of the invention,such as will enable others skilled in the art to which it appertains tomake and use the same.

My inventiou relates to the manufacture of flanged caps which may beadapted to any ordinary use as for example the c'aps of oilers andhasfor its object the production of a cap of this class from a single pieceof sheet metal.

With this end in view I have devised the novel cap and method of makingsame of which the following description in connection with theaccompanying drawings is a specification, numbers being used todesignate the several parts.

Figure l is an elevation of an oiler, illustrating one application of mynovel fianged cap Fig. 2, a plan viewof the disk from which the cap isforned; Figs. 3, 4, and 5, views illustrating steps in the operation offorming a cap; and Fig. 6 is a sectional View showing the manner inwhich the spout is attached to the cap when the latter is used upon anoiler.

My novel caps are fol-med from disks of sheet metal which are cuppedsubstantially as shown in Fig. 3, after which the edge of the cup isclosed in substantial'ly as indicated in Fig. 4, after which the cup isplaced in suitable dies which impart to it substantially the shapeindicated in Fig. 5. In practice for utility as well as for ornamentIraise the center of the top as at l from which central portion the topslopes in a concave curve as at 2 to the outer edge of the'flange whichis in dicated by 3. On the under side of the fiange at the outer edge isformed a rib 4: between which and the side of the cap, which is designated by 5, is a recess 6 which is adapted when required,`as for examplein an oiler cap, to receive the usual Washer 7.

When used as an oiler cap the central por tion of the top is punched outas at 8 and the nozzle 9 is passed through from the under side withaclose fit, the lower end of the nozzle extending down below the top ofthe cap and. the space between the nozzle and the cap being filled in bysolder at as 10, thusmaking a very firm solid top and fastening thenozzle in so securely as to make its removal practically impossible. Thecurved top of the cap forms a recess to receive the solder which greatlystrengthens it and also is very much more convenient and pleasant forthe fingers of the operatorin use. The last operation upon the cap isthe forming thereon of the thread 11 by which it is attached to the neckor top of the article upon which it is used.

Having thus described my invention, I claimi A cap for oilers made froma single piece of sheet metal at the center of which is a hole throughwhich the nozzle is passed, the lower end of the nozzle extending belowthe top and the top being a concave curve to the outer edge of theflange, said flange having on its under side a rib so as to form arecess for a Washer and the space between the lower end of the nozzleand the top being filled in with solder.

In testimony whereof I afix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

SAMUEL R. WILMOT.

Witnesses:

A. M. WOOSTER; S. V. RIoHARDsoN.

